by Peter Winch · Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788449300394
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In 'Understanding a Primitive Society,' Peter Winch explores the diversity of conceptions, values, and rules that exist in every human community. Winch argues that each social group, whether a tribe, class, nation, or faith, possesses its own criteria of causality, implying that magic is no less rational than mathematics, as everything depends on the context. Therefore, it is not possible to understand or explain a culture using the epistemological tools of another. This perspective has generated a significant debate with universalists, and Salvador Giner, in the book's introduction, analyzes the reasons why it is crucial to take Winch's argument seriously and refute it.
